Jackie faces the Darkness and surprises him by willingly being taken by the Darkness' power, allowing him to fully control the spirit back in the real world, however the Darkness tells him that while he has control now, each time Jackie takes a life, he will become more consumed by the Darkness. Anthony is mortally wounded in the attack, but before he can tell Jackie the last steps needed to free himself from the Darkness, the spirit pulls him away.
Jackie re-awakes in the Otherworld, and lays siege to the Darkness' castle with Anthony's help. After overhearing about a shipment of drugs that a Chicago mob is entrusting Paulie to handle, Jackie triggers the explosive, killing Shrote and his men along with himself. Chasing Shrote to his apartment and then confiscating a briefcase containing illicit goods in Shrote's ownership and rigging it with an explosive, Jackie is able to lure Shrote out of hiding, but he is later shortly captured. Once he recovers, he determines that he must dispose of Chief Shrote before he can face Paulie. Jackie is interrupted in his journey through the Otherworld and brought back to the living.
He meets his great-great-grandfather Anthony Estacado, who admits that it was he that brought the Darkness into the family, and tells Jackie how to free himself of The Darkness by invading the castle in the Otherworld and facing The Darkness there. He commits suicide out of sheer emotional stress, finding himself in the Otherworld, the realm of The Darkness with patchwork undead beings in World War I outfits fighting each other, and physical manifestations of The Four Horsemen. They took her to the orphanage where Jackie and Jenny grew up, and murdered her in front of a powerless Jackie, unable to save Jenny due to the Darkness deliberately restraining him. Using these powers, Jackie is able to survive further assassination attempts and track down Paulie, but not before Paulie and the corrupt police chief, Eddie Shrote, kidnap Jackie's girlfriend, Jenny Romano. While hiding in a cemetery bathroom, the Darkness, an ancient force that has inhabited his family for several generations, awakens within Jackie and slaughters the remaining mobsters, with the benefit of Jackie becoming the possessor of seemingly unholy demonic abilities that feed off the dark. On the eve of his 21st birthday, Jackie was targeted for assassination by the don of the New York mafia, "Uncle" Paulie Franchetti following a failed task to retrieve money for the latter. The player takes the role of Jackie Estacado, with the story presented as a future-narrative on the present events observed by the player. The Darkness " I remember the night of my 21st birthday, That was the first time I died." – Jackie narrating his story. Jackie calls it "the best two days they ever spent together." He had his first kiss with a hooker named Candy down in the train station, and he knew a guy named Mickey Fat Lips who would feed subway tokens to his cat. Paulie only took in Jackie due to his need for another hit man and spent the majority of the time they spent together teaching him the inner workings of the family however, Jackie reminisces on one time when Paulie took him to the subway to count the trains for vacation. He was adopted by Paulie Franchetti of the Franchetti crime family when he was 12. During his time at the orphanage, he nailed a frog to the front door. This is where he met his future girlfriend, Jenny Romano. Mary's Orphanage where he spent the majority of his childhood.
With the help of Johnny Powell, Jackie was finally able to contain the Darkness.Īfter the death of his parents at a very young age, Jackie was enrolled at St. Jackie spent the next two years learning about The Darkness, as well as how to contain him. After killing both Paulie and Eddie Shrote in revenge for the murder of his girlfriend, Jenny Romano, Jackie became the don of the Franchetti family after he was offered the position by Jimmy "The Grape". Jackie is an Italian-American ex-contract killer of the Franchetti crime family led by his "uncle" Paulie Franchetti. Jackie Estacado is the current human host of the Darkness, which awakened within him on the night of his 21st birthday. And with it, came power." – Jackie Estacado.
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